Contact Information
Office: E52-432
Tel: 617-253-0283
Fax: 617-258-6855
E-mail: rgibbons@mit.edu
Support Staff
Name: Kyle Westbrook
Tel: 617-253-7006
E-mail: kylelee@mit.edu
Area
Economics, Finance, and Accounting
Group(s)- Institute for Work and Employment Research
Robert Gibbons
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management
Professor of Applied Economics
Robert Gibbons studies the design and performance of organizations and contracts, especially "relational contracts" (i.e., agreements so rooted in the parties' particular circumstances that they are not written down, so that disputes cannot be adjudicated by such outsiders such as courts). Relational contracts arise frequently both within firms (such as between headquarters and divisions) and between firms (such as in alliances) …